This new religion of the Lady of the Lake may be my best route to nobility, but they must be much stronger for my benefit. I will send them whatever aid and trouble I can without being too obvious, for it is trials as well as triumphs that will strengthen them. A room full of jewels is not as good as a room with a tenant. I will turn my criminal profits into rental incomes.

Money buys everything but silence. When in doubt, kill the messenger.

I am the only on with my best interest in mind. I will better my own position in any deal I make. Lord Lycos has a nice ring to it. I must find a way to turn young Lord Arconis’ attention away from me and on to someone else

Bio:

“It’s worth 15 pence to me right now. If you keep trying to tell me where you got it the price goes down to 5 pence.”

Lycos is a corpulent man with pudgy fingers in several different pies.

Lycos is the person to see if you want to know what is going on in Aplistia. He usually knows when anything happens, and most can not figure out how he gets his information.

He also fences goods of a higher quality. More gold and silver than brass and wood. He doesn’t ask questions, or names, and expects the same consideration from those who bring him “found” goods. An unknown side of this business is a recovery scam he has with a local constable.

On the slightly more legitimate front, he is a moneylender, and only occasionally has to send Dino out to persuade his borrowers to pay up.

But the pride and joy of his empire are the several land parcels he has scattered in and around the city from which he receives a healthy rental income. Using all the skills he has acquired in life has allowed him to hobnob with wealthy merchants and the occasional lesser noble. He sees gaining a title as the next goal in his rise to greater power.